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Evaluation of Definite Integrals by Substitution - Practice Questions & MCQ

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Evaluation of Definite Integrals by Substitution

We have already learnt to find Indefinite Integration by using substitution method. But in the case of definite integration, we also need to change the limits of integration 'a' and 'b'. If we substitute x = g(t), then g(t)  must be continuous in the interval [a, b].

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Example 1

\text{Compute the integral } \;\int_{0}^{\pi / 2} \frac{d x}{a^{2} \cos ^{2} x+b^{2} \sin ^{2} x}

\\\text { Let } \quad I=\int_{x=0}^{x=\pi / 2} \frac{d x}{a^{2} \cos ^{2} x+b^{2} \sin ^{2} x}\\\text{Divide numerator and denominator by }\cos^2x\\\mathrm{\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;}=\int_{x=0}^{x=\pi / 2} \frac{\sec ^{2} x d x}{a^{2}+b^{2} \tan ^{2} x}\\\text { Put } \quad \text { tan } x=t \Rightarrow \sec ^{2} x d x=d t\\\therefore\;\;\;\; \quad I=\int_{t=0}^{t=\infty} \frac{d t}{a^{2}+b^{2} t^{2}}\\\begin{array}{l}{\text { We find the new limits of integration } t=\tan x \Rightarrow t=0} \\ {\text { when } x=0 \text { and } t=\infty \text { when } x=\pi / 2}\end{array}\\\mathrm{\Rightarrow\;\;\;\;} \quad I=\frac{1}{b^{2}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{d t}{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)^{2}+t^{2}}=\frac{1}{b^{2}} \cdot \frac{1}{a / b}\left[\tan ^{-1} \frac{b t}{a}\right]_{0}^{\infty}\\\mathrm{\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;}=\frac{1}{a b}\left[\frac{\pi}{2}-0\right]=\frac{\pi}{2 a b}

 

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